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Meridian Mississippi July 7th 1867

Dear Sir:

Yours of the 18th ult. is now before me, asking the character of one colored Doctor, who calls himself Dr H Parker. The first I heard of this man was in Mobile in the fall of 1865. He then formed an acquaintance with a blind woman, she having a husband at that time and being well to do, owning a house & Lot and two Drays. This opened a fair field for the Doctor. It was not long before her husband was taken sick; this gave the Doctor a chance to try his hand, and the woman being blind, he (the Dr) attended to all the business. Of course her husband died in a few days. The blind woman believes the Doctor killed her husband. He got all the money made by the drays. After the death of her husband Dr Parker told the old blind woman he was going to take care of her, and thinking it a good offer she made him her Agent. He sold her House and Lot and Drays. There got up such a talk among the people of Mobile that he was swindling her out of all that she had, and the Doctor seeing that he was about to play out, pulled up Stakes and came